半糖主義

Chinese

		half-sweet; having the half amount of sugar	doctrine; ideology; -ism doctrine; ideology; -ism; position; stance
trad. (半糖主義)		半糖	主義
simp. (半糖主义)		半糖	主义
Literally: “half-sugarism”.

Etymology

The title of a 2003 song by the girl group S.H.E.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàntángzhǔyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tong⁴ zyu² ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàntángzhǔyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàntángjhǔyì
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻang²-chu³-i⁴
    • Yale: bàn-táng-jǔ-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntarngjuuyih
    • Palladius: баньтанчжуи (banʹtančžui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ tong⁴ zyu² ji⁶
    • Yale: bun tòhng jyú yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tong⁴ dzy² ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tong⁴ ju² yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡syː³⁵ jiː²²/

Noun

半糖主義

1. (neologism, slang) the doctrine that one should aim for the half level of sweetness, enjoyment, romance, etc. in life, so that the pleasure is always unsatisfied and one is left yearning for more